Ayllu
The place
Ayllu (Kichwa for "community-family") in the Azuay province, Cuenca/Nabón sector (southern Sierra, Ecuadorian Andes, Ecuador), at 2,855 m elevation, Cuenca high plateau. Continuous Ecuador Sierra cluster (batches 239-350, ~9 entries). COUNTRY ANOMALY: Ecuador with a non-ISO +593 ID in the country database. Traditional Andean ayllu community (Kichwa people of the Sierra, 3,000-6,000 m + Amazonian Kichwa, 30,000, a different dialect + a culture of matriarchal-communal organisation with shared land and minga collective labour), a paramo Andean zone (a cold high-altitude biome, 3,000-4,500 m, endemic to the eastern Cordillera) and near Cuenca, Santa Ana de los Ríos (a colonial town founded in 1557 under Charles V, UNESCO 1999, Ecuador's 3rd city + the Toquilla straw "Panama hat", a plaited straw hat, UNESCO intangible heritage 2012, rare women's craft), heritage of the Kichwa (a Quechua people, 500,000 in the Sierra + 30,000 in the Amazon, Kichwa language, the Inca lingua franca).
The setting
Azuay, Cuenca/Nabón, southern Sierra, Ecuadorian Andes, Ecuador, 2,855 m, Cuenca high plateau, continuous cluster batches 239-350 ~9 entries, ayllu Kichwa community-family, matriarchal, shared land, collective minga labour, paramo Andean zone 3,000-4,500 m endemic to the eastern Cordillera + Cuenca, Santa Ana de los Ríos, 1557 Charles V UNESCO 1999 Ecuador's 3rd city + Toquilla Panama hat UNESCO intangible heritage 2012, Kichwa Quechua people 500,000 in the Sierra + 30,000 in the Amazon, Inca lingua franca.
